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I am a storyteller. Art, museum visits, things I notice, things I learn — all of it finds its way here eventually.

Ashwini at the David Hockney exhibit, Portland Art Museum

Travel & Art

Ten Minutes With One Sunflower

I went to the David Hockney show ready to be unimpressed, and mostly was — until a single etched sunflower stopped me cold for ten minutes. What I loved, what I couldn't get past, and the one piece that changed how I think about line work.

Ashwini with Claude Monet's Water Lilies, Portland Art Museum

Travel & Art

A Table I Wasn't Expecting

After Hockney, a real Monet, a Korean folding screen, a heron and lotus painting on silk, two grandmothers I never met, and a table of tactile art made for blind and low-vision visitors — the part of the day I didn't see coming.